1 Chronicles 25 (ARST)

1David and some of the temple officials chose some of the descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to be in charge of teaching through song with harps, lyres, and cymbals. This is a list of the men whom they chose for that work:Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

2From Asaph’ s family, they chose Asaph’ s sons Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Aserelah. Asaph supervised them. The king appointed Asaph to teach through song.From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.

3From Jeduthun’ s family, they chose six sons of Jeduthun including Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah. Jeduthun supervised them and also taught through song, playing his harp while he thanked and praised Yahweh.From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.

4From Heman’ s family they chose the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti- Eze, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

5They were all sons of Heman, who was King David’ s prophet. God promised to cause Heman to be strong. God gave him 14 sons and three daughters.All these sons of Heman the king’s seer were given him through the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

6The fathers of all those men supervised the men while they played music in the temple of Yahweh. They played cymbals, harps, and lyres for their temple duty. The king supervised their fathers— Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.

7Those men and their relatives were skilled in playing musical instruments and learned the music for playing songs to Yahweh in the temple. In all, there were 288 of them.Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.

8All of them, including younger men and older men and those with experience and those without experience, cast lots to determine what work they would do.They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

9The first lot went to the family of Asaph, to his son Joseph and Joseph’ s sons and relatives, 12 in all. Next, to Gedaliah and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.The first lot, which was for Asaph, fell to Joseph, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all; the second to Gedaliah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

10Next, to Zaccur and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the third to Zaccur, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

11Next, to Izri and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the fourth to Izri, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

12Next, to Nethaniah and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

13Next, to Bukkiah and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

14Next, to Jesarelah and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

15Next, to Jeshaiah and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

16Next, to Mattaniah and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

17Next, to Shimei and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

18Next, to Azarel and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the eleventh to Azarel, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

19Next, to Hashabiah and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

20Next, to Shubael and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

21Next, to Mattithiah and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

22Next, to Jerimoth and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

23Next, to Hananiah and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

24Next, to Joshbekashah and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

25Next, to Hanani and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

26Next, to Mallothi and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

27Next, to Eliathah and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

28Next, to Hothir and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

29Next, to Giddalti and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

30Next, to Mahazioth and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

31Next, to Romamti- Eze and his sons and relatives, 12 in all.and the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all.

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